Foot-mat



(No Model.)

E. S. ELLIS.

FOOT MAT.

No. 263,774. Patented Sept. 5', 1882.

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EDWARDS. ELLIS, OFTRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

,FOOT- M AT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,774, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

Application filed June 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. ELLIS, of Trenton, in the countyot' Mercerand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Foot-Mats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved footmat which can be readilycleaned of dirt by a broom, and which is so constructed that the wateris shed by the same without collecting therein; and the inventionconsists of a convexo-concave mat the body of which is provided withprojections arranged in longitudinal rows, the projections of one rowalternating with those of the adjoining rows, as will more fully appearhereinafter.

In the accompanyingdrawings,Figurel represents a top view of my improvedfoot-mat. Figs. 2 and 3 aresideand end views, partly in longitudinal andtransverse section, of the same; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewof one of the projections.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

A represents a rubber foot-mat, of any suitable shape, the body of whichis made of convcXo-concave shapeand provided with tapering projections aa, that are arranged in longitudinal rows in such a manner that thepronext adjoining rows. The parallel arrangeabsence of an exterior rim,causes the water to be shed by the convex surface of the mat, instead ofbeing collected, .as in the case of mats having spaces formed by theintersecting face-strips. The arrangement of the projections inlongitudinal direction and parallel to each other also admits that themat can be readilyswept by the broom and cleaned of dirt without beingtaken up and reversed or beaten forcibly against-some exterior object.

cave body with parallel projections, substantially as specified.

2. A rubber foot-mat composed of a conveXo-concave body having paralleltapering projections that are arranged in longitudinal rows,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in pres ence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD S. ELLIS.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KARP.

